REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — For the second time in less than two weeks, a North Carolina woman was carried off the Appalachian Trail on Tuesday after becoming ill. Andrea Pincumbe, 21, of Asheville, called the Franklin County Regional Communications Center in Farmington at about 8 a.m. from the Poplar Ridge lean-to atop Saddleback Mountain to say […]
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Conservation easements acquired for Franklin County lands near Appalachian Trail
The Trust for Public Land has announced the protection of more than 10,000 acres of land along the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of Western Maine through the acquisition of conservation easements on two properties. The two properties are adjacent to a Navy remote wilderness training facility in Franklin County. The 9,580-acre Redington Forest conservation easement […]
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Kenneth Hoyt
WOODSTOCK — Kenneth Hoyt passed away Sunday, July 1, at home with his wife, Alice, by his side, and surrounded by his loving family. He was the oldest son of Flora and Wayland Hoyt of Rumford Corner. After attending local schools, he began a 42-year career with the Oxford Paper Co. He also served for two […]
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Richard V. Lapointe
LIVERMORE FALLS — Richard V. Lapointe, 21, of Livermore Falls, passed away, Friday, Feb. 2, in Livermore Falls. He was born Nov. 12, 1996, the son of Davis Clark and Tammie (Grant) Lapointe. Richard attended Livermore Falls High School and graduated from Fort Kent Community High School in 2015. He had worked for Pallet One, with […]
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Wardens, rescuers assist injured hiker on Appalachian Trail
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION – State game wardens and rescue personnel drove ATVs about five miles up to a section of the Appalachian Trail Wednesday to assist an injured hiker, according to Cpl. John MacDonald spokesman for Maine Warden Service. Robert Sweet, 60, of South Freeport was hiking with friends on the back side of Saddleback […]
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Scott Jurek to pay fine for drinking alcohol on Mount Katahdin
MILLINOCKET — An ultramarathoner who set the record for completing the Appalachian Trail paid a $500 fine Wednesday to settle citations over his celebration atop Maine’s Mount Katahdin, which struck a nerve with park officials worried about crowding and commercialization of the trail. Scott Jurek got into trouble with park rangers when he popped a bottle […]
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Hikers behaving badly: Appalachian Trail partying raises ire
Shelters where he thought he could catch a good night’s sleep while listening to the sounds of nature were instead filled with trash, graffiti and people who seemed more interested in partying all night, said Spencer, who finished the entire trail last month in just 99 days. “I wanted the solitude. I wanted to experience […]
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Ill hiker rescued from AT in Franklin County
TOWNSHIP E — A Connecticut man was recovering Friday after being rescued from the Appalachian Trail near Rangeley, according to Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. William Appleby, 56, of Clinton, Conn., was suffering severe abdominal pain, possibly caused by food poisoning, MacDonald said, and used a hand-held locator beacon to transmit an emergency signal. […]
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Hebron man rescued on Appalachian Trail, carried out 1.5 miles
DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP — Maine game wardens and rescue officials from around western Maine carried a 64-year-old Hebron man 1.5 miles out of the woods on Wednesday after he was injured hiking the Appalachian Trail in Somerset County. Cpl. John MacDonald said in a news release that John Jutras injured his knee and dislocated his […]
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Appalachian Trail hiker with broken ankle recovering at CMMC
TOWNSHIP D — An Appalachian Trail hiker from Texas used a global satellite communication and tracking device to help rescuers find him Wednesday after he injured his leg and ankle less than two miles from Route 17 at Height of Land. Charles Smith, 69, of Plano, Texas, was descending Bemis Mountain on the trail near […]